How to say “seat” in 30 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- siéntate/ˈsjentate/ Spanish
- مجلس/mad͡ʒ.lis/ Arabic
- 座位/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/ Chinese
- पीठ/piːʈʰ/ Hindi
- מושב/moˈʃav/ Hebrew
- সিট/siʈ/ Bengali
“seat” in Spanish: siéntate · Portuguese: sente · Chinese: 座位 · Arabic: مجلس · Hindi: पीठ
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where chỗ is the 218th most used word.
Seat in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sitplek/ˈsətplæk/ seat; a place to sit #1,331
- Albanian ulur/uluɾ/ to sit down, put on a seat #600
- Arabic مجلس/mad͡ʒ.lis/ #737
- Armenian նստել/nəsˈtel/ to sit, to sit down, to take a seat #1,423
- Bengali সিট/siʈ/ a seat #920
- Catalan assegut[ə.səˈɣut] to seat, to place down #1,753
- Chinese 座位/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/ #975
- Esperanto seĝo/ˈsed͡ʒo/ seat, chair #1,304
- French assis/a.si/ to sit down, to seat, make sit #1,084
- Galician senta/ˈsɛntɐ/ to seat #774
- Greek ζώνη/ˈzoni/ belt, sash, seat belt #1,348
- Hebrew מושב/moˈʃav/ #2,423
- Hindi पीठ/piːʈʰ/ seat, bench, desk #676
- Icelandic sæti[ˈsaiːtɪ] seat, a place to sit #408
- Indonesian sofa/ˈsofa/ sofa: an upholstered seat with a raised back… #2,454
- Italian siediti/ˈsjeditɪ/ to sit, sit down, take a seat #1,134
- Lithuanian atsisėsti[ɐt͡sʲɪ¹ˈsʲeːsʲtʲɪ] to take a seat #1,966
- Macedonian седиште[ˈsɛdiʃtɛ] #2,139
- Malay kerusi/kəˈrusi/ chair, seat #903
- Malayalam സീറ്റ്/siːrrɨ/ #784
- Norwegian satt/satː/ to seat someone; to cause someone to assume a… #475
- Persian نشستن[ne.ʃæs.t̪ʰǽn] to sit down, to sit, to take a seat #2,023
- Portuguese sente/ˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ to seat #1,072
- Romanian scaun/ˈskaʊn/ chair, seat #1,571
- Slovak sídlo/siːdlɔ/ residence, seat #2,282
- Spanish siéntate/ˈsjentate/ to seat #880
- Tagalog umupo/ʔumuˈpoʔ/ to sit; to sit down; to take a seat #536
- Tamil இருக்கை/ɪɾʊkːɐɪ̯/ #817
- Urdu دارالحکومت/d̪ɑːɾ ʊl ɦʊ.kuː.mət̪/ capital city, seat of government #774
- Vietnamese chỗ[t͡ɕo˦ˀ˥] a seat #218
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.